As opioid settlement funds are dispersed to state and local jurisdictions, the authors of this commentary provide suggestions about how addiction medicine specialists can affect the way monies are utilized and help ensure they have a significant impact on the opioid epidemic. Suggestions include direct involvement in advisory committees that make or influence funding decisions, or more indirectly, providing expert recommendations to those committees or participating in policy reviews or evaluations of interventions. Over the next few years, we can influence the process to ensure the money is used equitably to save lives, based on scientific evidence.

Read more: https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/fulltext/9900/opioid_settlements__the_role_for_addiction.231.aspx

Learn more about North Carolina’s Memorandum of Agreement regarding opioid settlement funds: https://ncopioidsettlement.org/